Natural structural color materials, especially those that can undergo reversible changes, are attracting increasing interest in a wide variety of research fields. Inspired by the natural creatures, many elaborately nanostructured photonic materials with variable structural colors were developed. These materials have found important applications in switches, display devices, sensors, and so on.
In our group, we focus on the research studies of Self-assembled Photonic Crystals (PhCs) and their Applications in Biomedical Analysis.
(1) Self-assembled Colloidal Crystals;
(2) Bio-inspired Variable Structural Color Materials;
(3) Encoding Suspension Arrays based on Colloidal Crystals Beads;
(4) Label-Free Bioassays based on PhCs Microcarriers;
Selected Publications:
(1)Gu, Z. Z.; Fujishima, A.; Sato, O. Patterning of a Colloidal Crystal Film on a Modified Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Surface. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2002, 41 (12), 2067–2070.
(2)Gu, Z. Z.; Uetsuka, H.; Takahashi, K.; Nakajima, R.; Onishi, H.; Fujishima, A.; Sato, O. Structural Color and the Lotus Effect. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42 (8), 894–897.
(3)Zhao, Y.; Zhao, X.; Hu, J.; Xu, M.; Zhao, W.; Sun, L.; Zhu, C.; Xu, H.; Gu, Z. Z. Encoded Porous Beads for Label-Free Multiplex Detection of Tumor Markers. Adv. Mater.2009, 21 (5), 569–572.
(4)Zhao, Y.; Xie, Z.; Gu, H.; Zhu, C.; Gu, Z. Z. Bio-Inspired Variable Structural Color Materials. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41 (8), 3297–3317.
(5)Liao, J.; Zhu, C.; Gao, B.; Zhao, Z.; Liu, X.; Tian, L.; Zeng, Y.; Zhou, X.; Xie, Z.; Gu, Z. Z. Multiresponsive Elastic Colloidal Crystals for Reversible Structural Color Patterns. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019, 29 (39), 1902954.